May 18,
1967 – In Mexico,
schoolteacher Lucio Cabanas begins guerrilla warfare in Atoyac de Alvarez.
May 19,
1967 – Yuri
Andropov becomes KGB chief.
May 21, 1967 - Heather Ann Smith born
in XXX New Jersey
May
22, 1967 - The Monkees release
Headquarters, #1 on the album charts for one week until the release of Sgt.
Pepper by the
Beatles.
February 1969 – Eats snow off the
side of the house.Thinks
COLD=BAD.
August 15, 1969 – Woodstock Music
Festival begins in upstate New York.
October 1, 1971 – Walt Disney World
opens in Orlando, Florida
December, 1971 – Moves to the suburbs
of Atlanta, Georgia.Wears
shorts that Christmas.
February, 1972 – Hears Father say “Everyone
starts out named Smith.When
they screw up they have to change their name.”Spends next several decades trying to find alternate name.
May 5, 1973 – Secretariat wins
Kentucky Derby.
June, 1973 – discovers Edward Gorey’s
The Gashlycrumb Tinies.Memorizes it line by line.Life changes.
July 1974 – During car-trip from Georgia to Maine,
draws donkeys obsessively.
May 1975 – Receives first set of Legos for
birthday.Spends summer
designing house floor plans out of Legos.
January, 1981 – Hears Adam and the Ants for the first
time.Vows to marry Adam
Ant.Starts practicing
signing name “Heather Goddard”.
September, 1981 – doesn’t feel comfortable in high
school art class.Spends the
next 25 years doing art in secret.
October, 1981 – Due to an unfortunate henna accident,
hair turns bright orange.Decides the look works.
January, 1983 – Under the influence of Maddog 20/20
and The Eurythmics, decides to shave head.Chickens out halfway thru resulting in back & sides
shaved, top long.Starts trend
among the other New Wavers at Norcross High School and keeps look for next
3 years.
September, 1984 – Starts Senior year determined to
have new persona.Tries to
convince everyone to call her Annie.Idea does not take off.Gets called Spike instead.
June, 1985 – Graduates from Norcross High School.To this day, not sure if really
should have diploma due to failing grades in every math class.
April, 1986 – enters Marine Corp boot camp at Parris
Island South Carolina.Required to grow out hair and adopt a conservative appearance.
February, 1987 – Stationed at Camp Hansen in Kin,
Okinawa Japan.Spends off-time
at the park drawing Japanese dogs (which oddly enough look just like
American dogs).
November, 1987 – Visits Gyeongbokgung in Seoul
Korea.Feels sense of peace.
January 7, 1988 –
receites The Gashlycrumb Tinies for then-boyfriend.Never hears from him again.
March 30, 1990 –
honorable discharge from the Marine Corp; enters collage first as a Fine
Arts major, then as a Commercial Photography major.Still has issues sharing personal
art with others.
December 1999 – discovers
Slotin’s Folk Art.Starts to
feel more comfortable with personal artistic style.
June,
2000 – Meets Other Half.Feels complete and finds a there-to unknown confidence.
February
2001 – reads book about the history of Korea during the Chosŏn period.Sees the word ‘noye’ in references
to the skilled craftsman of that period.Adopts the name in artist signature.Never able to find word again in
Korean to English translators.
Summer 2010 - Published in Art Journals Book "Many Hearts, Many Lands"
December,
2010 – Published in the AFP Amanda Palmer Tarot Deck.
